Tension-type headache

BMJ

Volumn 336, Issue 7635, 2008, Pages 88-92

  Loder, Elizabeth ^a,c   Rizzoli, Paul ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Brigham and Women's/Faulkner Hospitals   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; OPIATE;

ANALGESIA; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TENSION HEADACHE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

COUNSELING; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PROGNOSIS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RISK FACTORS; TENSION-TYPE HEADACHE;

EID: 38349168475     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.39412.705868.AD     Document Type: Review

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